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You got one Upvote here. Shame. I think the problem with HN and Reddit is that votes are based on a post agreeing with the voter's side of an argument, and not
by damnitbuilds 10mo ago
You got one Upvote here. Shame.
I think the problem with HN and Reddit is that votes are based on a post agreeing with the voter's side of an argument, and not on a post containing supported facts relevant to the argument.
It means those relevant facts are suppressed not encouraged, and means the whole discussion is not about finding out more about an argument, but finding out how many people in HN/Reddit support one or the other side of an argument.
The former is interesting and should be useful to everyone. The latter is useful to almost no-one.
- upvotenow 10mo agoI agree to some of that, however I think room could be built to change the way people use the Vote system. Our aim is to use it to showcase the best of the internet content first... what people are really enjoying, trending, looking at. We don't have a messed up algorithm that puts what we want Infront of people, it is done by our users through key engagement.
- damnitbuilds 10mo agoA mod here told me that he thought users should vote down facts they disagree with. That attitude is bad for society, let alone this forum.